The Star-Ledger reports:
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie
announced today that he was dropping the fight against same-sex marriage
in New Jersey by withdrawing his his appeal of a major case that was
being heard by the state Supreme Court.
Across the state, gay couples have been getting married today for the
first time in New Jersey after the Supreme Court refused on Friday to
delay the first weddings while it heard Christie's appeal of a
lower-court ruling that legalized gay marriage last month.
Christie said the court, in rejecting his plea for a stay, had made strong statements that settled the larger case.
Colin Reed, a spokesman for Christie, said that Chief Justice Stuart
Rabner, writing for the court in a 7-0 opinion last Friday, "left no
ambiguity about the unanimous court's view on the ultimate decision in
this matter when he wrote, 'same-sex couples who cannot marry are not
treated equally under the law today.' "
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